Nicholas Gilman

Nicholas Gilman (3 August 1755-2 May 1814) was a member of the US House of Representatives from New Hampshire's at-large district from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1797, preceding Jonathan Freeman, and a US Senator from 4 March 1805 to 2 May 1814, succeeding Simeon Olcott and preceding Thomas W. Thompson. He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Nicholas Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1755, the son of a member of the Provincial Congress (who served as State Treasurer during the American Revolutionary War), and the brother of John Taylor Gilman. During the war, Gilman served in the Continental Army, becoming adjutant of the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment. Following his father's death in 1783, he returned to Exeter to take over the family business, but he would turn to statesmanship when he represented his state at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. In 1789, he was elected to represent New Hampshire's at-large district in the US House of Representatives, serving from 1789 to 1797. He then served in the US Senate from 1805 until his death in 1814.